Type-writing machine.



PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

H. HPSTEELEU TYPE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION-FILED MAIL}. 1906.

QSHEETS-SHBET 1.

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WI -TNE ESEE H15 ATTORNEY INVENTDR:

PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

No. 877,608. v

H. H. STEELE.

TYRE WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.8.1906.--

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H15 TTEJFQNEY PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

v H. E. STEELE. TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. B. 1906.-

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INVENTEIR:

H15 URNEY UNITED STATES PATENTv HERBERT H. STEELE, OF

COMPANY, OF SYRACUSE, NEW

TYPE-WRITING MACHINE.

SYRACUSE, NEW roa Specification of Letters Patent.

K, ASSIGNOR TO THE MONAROH TYPEWRITER YORK, Ax CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed March 8. 1906. Serial No. 304.947.

sense as comprehending devices cooperative to arrest the travel ngelement of a type' Writing machine whether such element be the printingelement or the work holding element commonly called the platen.

One object of my invention, stated generally, is to provideautomatically controlled means for arresting the traveling element orcarriage at different points during its travel back and forth, so thatat difierent points on the work sheet. Other objects will subsequentlyappear.

To the above ends the invention consists in the features ofconstruction, combinations of devices and arrangements of hereinafterfully described and particu pointed out in the claims.

In its broader aspects my invention is adaptable to various styles ofwhat is commonly called tabular work; that is, towork in which the linesof writing do not extend continuously from side to side ofthe work sheetso that'there are blank spaces in the arts e ly line, or in whichsuccessive llines do not begin mar m of they at the same distance fromthe work sheet. In the present appfication I have shown one for-moi saidinvention as embodied in an attachment which may be advantageouslyemployed in directing envelo s, and also a second form adapted to be empoyed in writing headings of letters or bills. In another.applicationffiled March 19th, 1906, Serial No. 306,862, I have shownanother form of said invention iii combination with a tabulator, socalled. Other ada tations will suggest themselves to those skilled inthe art.

In actually reducing in r crete form 1 have applie it to the machinecommercially known as the Monarch type-f writer and in the drawings Ihave illustrated a machine generally'resembling such type writer; butthe nature of the invention is invention to con such that it may beadapted readily to other forms of writing machines.

-member which may her and carriage stop cooperate lines may be begun.

- are enlarged front e In carr ing out said invention I provide'adetacha be adjusted at various points on the usual toothed. stop barof'the machine, said stop member comprising a reciprocatoryspring-pressed sleeve provided with a plurality of contact surfacesstepped circumferentially and longitudinally of said sleeve, said sleevebeing cooperative with fixed cams which are adapted to give itrotarymotion when it is moved longitudinally by a co-acting carriage stop. Thestop mom-- carriage on the return movement of the latter in the formillustrated, so that the stop member serves as a margin regulatingdevice.

In the acpompanyin drawings, Figure 1 is a fragmentary front e ovationof the upper portion of a typewriting machine embodying le stop toarrest the my invention, parts of the machine not nec-' essary to acomplete understanding of said invention being omitted. Fig. 2 is anenlar ed top plan'view of my novel stop device am a portion of the stopbar on which it is mounted. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view takenon a plane represented by the line 00-90 in Fig. 1 and looking in thedirection. or the arrow in said figure. Fig. 4 is dinal sectional viewof the stop device, taken on the plane represented by the line y in Fig.3 and looking in the direction of the arrow in said figure. Fig. i isdrawn to a scale so1newhat larger levations of the stop de vice showingthe movable portion or siseve thereof in diiierent positions, thesupport for said stop device being omitted in said figures. Fig. 8 is anenlarged end View of the stop de vice and showing the sup-port thereofin sec tion. Fig. 9 is an enlarged top plan view of a modifiedconstruction of the stop device. Fig. 10 is an enlarged plan view of amodified construction of the movable portion or sle vs of. the stopdevice. I In the drawings chine is shown as comprising the main frame ofthe maa top plate 1 on which are fixed standards 2, said standardssupporting fixed guide ways 3 which are socured in place by screws 4.Anti-friction balls 5 cooperate with the guide ways 3 and withoppositely grooved guide rails 6 which are connected by webs 7 saidguide rails t and webs 7 constituting a slide bar. Side bars 8projectforward a. longitu than is Fig. 3. Figs. 5, 6, and 7 horizontallyfrom the are ends of the slide bar and compose with the tive by asuitable construction of line spacing mechanism. The right-hand side bar8 is formed at its front with an upwardly projecting portion 11terminating in a finger piece 12 which is convenient for returning thecarriage across the top plate fromleft-to right. Side arms 13, p.votedto the carriage at 14, support a 'carr age feed rack 15 which normallymeshes with a feed pinion 16, the latter beingoperatively connected withan escapement wheel "17. Feed dogs 18 are mounted at the top of thevertical y disposed arm 19 of a dog carrier or rocker 20 which ispivotally mounted onthe frame of the. machine and is provided with arestoring spring 21. The horizontally disposed arm 22 of the dogcarrier'is connected by a link 23 with any suitable construction ofuniversal bar niech.

anism, so that at each operation of'on of the printing key levers (notshown) the feed dogs 18 cooperate in a known manner with the es-'capement wheel 17 topermit the carriage to. be drawn a letter spacedistance leftward across the top plate under the influence of a'carriage spring drum (not'fshown). Alug 24 projects forwardly from theslide bar of the carriage and receives a headed screw 25 which serves-asa'pivot for an angular lever 26 having an upright arm 27 and a'horizontally disposed arm 28, said angular lever constitutin a carriagestop. A wire spring 29 is coile around the lug 24 and cooperates'with'thecarriage stop, acting to maintain the vertical arm 27 inengagement with a 4.0 stoplug 30 fixed onthe slide bar. ,The horizontalarm 28 of the carriage stop haspivoted to it at 31a roller 32 which isadapted to cooperate with suitable bell alarm and linelocking mechanism.(not shown). The upper portion of the vertical arm 27 is cooperativewith line and marginstops' suitably mounted on the frameworklof themachine. The margin'sto only is shown herein and is designated y thereference numeral 33. Sa1d margin stopis adjustable along a toothed stopbar. 34 which is horizontally disposed above the top guide way 3,extending lon i tudinally "of the-platen and bein pivotally mounted inlugs 35- integral with said top guide way 3. The right-hand bearingportion 36 of the stop bar 34 projects beyond the supporting lug 35,being provided with a knurled finger piece 37. A coiled restoring spring38 surrounds the projecting end 36 of the stop bar. The parts abovedescribed re semble generally those found in the Monarch machine, and itis not thought necessary to describe them at any greater length.

deferring now 'to my novel stop device, I,

preferably provide a yoke-like bracket-or line spacing ratchet wheel 10which is opera-.

operate with the teeth 34 of the toothed sup ort comprisinga bodyportion 39 exten inglongitudinally of the stop bar 34 and having at itsends forwardly extending ears or lugs 40.- Centrally of the body portionat its rear side is a lug 41 cut away as indicated at 42 (Figs. 3 and8). Said lug is provided with a vertical erforation which receives aivot pin 43 an( serves as a bearing therefor. ixed to and projectinghorizontally from the lower end of the pivot pin. is a locking portion44 and secured to t 10 upper end oi" said pivot pin isa finger .piece45, the linger piece, locking portion and pivot pin comprising a rotaryatch, The under side of the body portion 39 is cut away to fit over thestop bar 34.: l The lugs 40 extend down in front of the bar 34 and haverearward flanges 4O (Fig; 8) that extend back slightly beneath the teeth34 of said bar'. The stop device is thus held securely in position bythese flanges under the forward edge of the bar 34 and the locking piece44 under the rear edge of said bar. The stop device is formed with oneor more teeth 46 which 00- rack bar 34 to prevent the stop device fromsliding along said bar. 'As shown in Fig. 2, the top of the body portion39 is cut away as ind1cated at'47 (Fig. 2).to expose the usualindicating marks with'which the top of the stop bar 34 is provided, saidmarks constituting a scale which corresponds with the usual platen scaleof the machine (not shown). The left end of the cut-away 47 is shaped toprovide a pointer 48 which cooperates with the scale on the sto bar 34.Asshown in Figs. 4 and 8, the un er side oi the left-hand, ear 40 is cutaway as indicated at 49 to permit of the free passage of thecarriage-stop'arm 27. Said left-handear 40 is formed with an openinginto which is driven a sleeve 50 provided with aflange 51 which abutsthe outer face of the ear 40, said flange being formed with a cut-away51 for the passageof the arm 27. T he'inner end of the sleeve 50 isformed with arteries of saw teeth 52, whichproject inwardly be end theinner face ofthe ear-.40 and are beve ed on one side only, six of suchteeth being shown in the drawings. The right-hand ear 40 is formed withan o ening into which is driven a sleeve 53, said s e eve being providedwith 'a fiange :54 whichabuts the outer face of the righthand ear. Theinner end of the sleeve 53 is 1 formed with a seriesof teeth 55,fprojecting inwardly beyond the inner'face o the right hand ear 40 andeach tooth beingibeveled on both sides, six of such teeth being shownin. the drawings. The inner face of the righthand ear 40 is counterb'ored as indicated at 56 (Fig. 4). The sleeves 50 and 53 are formedwith openings which receive a bear ing or pivot rod 57, the ends'of saidrod being threaded to receive binding nuts 58 which are screwed up tightto bind the flanges of 130 exposed correspond both in comprising sv'ceos Before the rod 57 is mounted in its sup-' ports it receives sstopmember, which, as iere shown, is in the form of an elongated spool orsleeve 59, sand sleeve being movable both lor ltudinolly and 'rotetivelyupon the bearing ad 5?. Near its rightdisnd end the sleeve W is providedwith an annular head or flange 69 end outside the flange the body ofsold sleeve is formed with one or more beveled teeth 61 which arefltldpiK-Kl to cooperate with the teeth on the sleeve 53. midway of itslength the sleeve 59 is pro vided with two oppositely disposed and outWsrdly extending stops or ugs 62. lg t-hend feces 62% of these lugs areplain and serve as stopping or contact faces while the righhhsnd foces64 are beveled. in end view esch lug 62 appears, as shown in Fig. 2., 5.part of s sector o f o. circle, the circumterence of which is equal tosod is concentric ith the outer circumference of the annular flange 60,the center of said circum'ferenc' being the axis of the pivot-rod 57 [isit the understood from a. considerm tion of S and the remainder of thetigur'es, from 1 to 7 inclusive, the stops 62 are hounded at their rootsby the circumference of the cylindrical sleeve 59.

Near its left-hand end the sleeve .59 is pro vided w h two op ositelydisposed stops or lugs es, seid stops eing similar in shape and o thestops 62 and having plain ct laces and beveled faces 67'. As from. aninspection lg. 13, 65 ore disposed at singles of to to Each ofthe'stops62 and r cred endwise covers onesixth of c face of the Henge The shopsof the e store s2 and 65 is such, end they are disposedcircumferentiolly oz-i the sleeve 59 'tl when the stop member -lS viewedthe left so in Fig. 3 theonly portions of the ioce of annular flangewhich are shape and di-' mensions to each the stops 62 end 65, end theexposed portions of sold flange 69 are oppositely disposed to eachother. [it the left of the plain 'faces 86 of the stops 6'5 a. tooth 68projects lengtl'iwise from the end of the sleeve 59, said tooth being;adapted to cooperate with the teeth 52 of the fixed sleeve 54).

A wire spring'lh) is coiled around the rod 5? between the flange Gil-andtheright-hsml lug 40 the outer end of sold spring being removed in thecounterhme 56 in said lug. The spring 69 serves normally to press thesleeve 59 longitudinally left-Ward along the rod 5?,so as to maintainthe tooth nor- About The molly in engagement with the teeth 52 of theleit-hand fine sleeve 50.

Referring now to the operation of the parts above described and assumingthat it is desired to address a. number of envelops, the first envelopis entered in the machine and led sround with the platen in the usualmenner. The paper fingers at the front of the platen (not shown) arearranged to properly guide and control ssid envelop as it is fedupwardly through the mnchine and the point at which the first letter ofthe first line of the address is to be written is noted on the usualplaten scele (not shown). The improved stopdevice is then adjusted onthe sto bar 34%, the pointer 48 of said device lieing brought to thepoint of the scale on said stop herwhich corresponds with. the pointselected on the plsten scale for. beginning the writing. ln adjustingthe sto device, the teeth 46 ore first engaged with t e proper openingsbetween the teeth 34: of the stop our and then the rear portion oi thebody 39 of. the stop device ispressed down against the stop bar, thecut-sway 42 enabling this movement to he readily ell'ected. Thereafterthe locking portion 441. of the latch or securing member is swung aroundunder the stop bar 34 by means of the linger piece or handle 45. Theparts are so proportioned that the coaction between the locking portion44 and the under side of the rack bar 34 is suflicient to bindthe stopdevice tightly in place on ssid bzir, end movement of the. stop devicelongitudinally of the stop our under the shock of co-sction with-thecsrrisge'sto her 2? is prevented by the cooperation oi the teeth 34: and46. At the beginning of an operation the sleeve 59 should be in such aposition that the stops 62 ahd 65 are out of the psth of the carriagestop arm 27.

The stop device being properly adjusterh let us ossurne that the variousparts are in the relation shown in Figs. 1, 2, 3, and 4, Withthe spring69 pressing. the tooth 598 into engagement with two of the teeth 52 andwith the carriage stop just engsging with the flange 69 of the sleeve59. It will be noted from on inspection of Fig. 3 that up to this pointthe inovement of the carriage from an indefinite point at the lefttowards the right has been free end unobstructed, the upright stop armhaving passed through the cutswsy 51 in the flange 51, through the cuteaway ll) in the leftband our 40 and through the space between the twoadjacent stops 62 and 65. it now the rightward movement of the csrrisgebe continued from the position illustrated in Fig. l, the stop arm 27engaging the lhtnge 60 will overcome the force of the spring 69 and movethe sleeve 59 from the position illustrated in the first four figurestowards the right. .Two of the stages for beginning the first line ofthe a illustrated in Figs. 5 and 6, In Fig- 5 the sleeve is shown asbeing moved far enou h to theright to completely disengage t e tooth68from the twocooperating teethi52.

From an inspection of this figure it will be noted that the parts'are soproportioned and arranged that. the disengagement of theseteeth hastaken lace just before the engagement of the teet 61 at the right of thes eeve withthe 006 era'ting fixed teeth 55. Furtherrightwar movement ofthe sleeve from,

cooperate with. said teeth 55 a slight forward turning orrotarymovementwill be communicated to the sleeve, so that when the co-eperating teeth'55 and 61 are full-yenr gaged the sleeve-will have been turned suffi-.ciently, as illustrated in Fig. 6, to Lcarry the past the point of thetooth "68 forwardly point of the tooth 52 with the straight side ofwhich it had previously -cooperated. When the teeth 55 and 6.1 are fullyengaged, as shown in Fig. 6 the sleeve 59 will be arrested and theflange 60 will-become fixed for the time being; stopping furtherrightward movement of the carriage. The spring 69 serves to cushion thesleeve and'soften its impact with its'support. This stoppage of thecarriagew ill occur at the proger point dress on the envelop. Supposenow that the first.

line of said. addressbe written in the usual manner. As the. letters areprinted the car vriage will .bes fed ste by step from right. to

left, the arm 27 of ecarriagesto 'moving to the left as .the carriagemoves. his pen mits the reci rocatory sleeve 59 to be movedlongitudinall y leftward by the "compressed restoring spring 69. Duringfthe, first twoor three letter sp ace movements of the carriage theflange 60 of said sleeve/will be-maintained frictionally engaged withthe arm 27 1 under the influence of said restoring spring; As the sleevemoves leftward-from the'position indicated inflFig fi' the teeth 61 willsep- .arate from the teeth 55 and the toothfl68twallenter the'spacebetween two of a the teeth '52 forward (or towards the front/ 0f the ma:

has completely engaged with the sides of the two teeth 52 with' which itnow coeperates,

said sleeve will have heenturned. forwardly to-the, osition shownin'Fig. 7.. ltlwill be recalle that there are six teeth 52 so that: theturning movement communicated to the.

.d'ownwardly extending 'sto.

and separating the tooth 52 with which it'wa's enga ed. .The carriagesleeve when the tooth 68 disengagesirom one opening and passes to andengages with the next opening between said teeth 52 amounts to one-sixthof the circumference of the circle or 60. This. forward turning movementof the .sleevehas therefore been suflicient to rotate the stop shown asex tending downwardly and forwardly in Fig.

3, from the position shown in said Fig. 3 to the position occupied insaid figure by the lowermost exposed portion of the flange 60, that isto say; the stop 62 has been turned down into the path of the carriagestop arm 27 Theleitward longitudinal movement of the sleeve 59 and itssimultaneous forward turning movement will be stopped when the tooth 68.is'full'y engaged withv the teeth 52,

so that further letter space movements of the carriage will move thecarriage stop arm 27 away from the flange 60. and cause it, aftersomefive or six additional letter s ace movements, to enga c with the beveleface 64 of :thestop 62 WhlCh new projects downwardly The carriage-stopspring 29 will permit the stop arm 27 to swing rightwardly about itspivot 26, separating from the stop lug-30 and sliding over the beveledface '64 of the 00- operative stop 62. This movement of the carriagestop. causes the roller 32 thereon to swingdownward and to cooperatewith the" bell alarmf mechanism so that when the carriage has been fedfar enough leftward to permit the stop 27 to swing c ear of the stop 62,the carriage stop aud ts associate parts return to normal position and.the bell will berung 'mdicating that theflstops are new ositioned: tocooperate properly.

During; it ,e-lprintin of the rest of the first line of the a dress tstops 65',"through.thecut-away 49 in the lefthand ear-wand through .thecut-away 51 havin -beencompleted,' the platen: is. line right' tog begine second line of writing.

As the carriage isnioved rightward the stop.

arm 27 will 'contaetwith the face 63 of the 62 so. thatas rightwardmovement of .sai carriage 180011- I [tinned the sleeve-59 will .be movedbodily chine) .of that space-with which said tooth rightward-againcompressing" the splr ing 69 68 from t e teeth will be finally arrestedw on the sleeve 59 has been moved sufficiently far to the ri ht flange6.0;. Consequently the carriage will .61: on the sleeve and the.

I e letter space-movements of l the; carriage are free and unobstructed,the stoparni3127passing leftward between the Lin theflange 5-1.;Thefirst line of writing stops seven letter space distances apart, but

be in a position to begin the-second line some half dozen spaces, moreor less, to the ri ht of the first one, the number of spaces etween thebeginnings of the two lines depending on the longitudinal distancebetween the flange 60 and the stop 62. In the present instance I havepreferred to make these two the number of spaces, of course, is 0tional. Before the sleeve 59 has reached the imit of its rightwardmovement, it will have been turned slightly forward by the cooperationbetween its teeth 61 and the fixed 'teeth in a manner already explained.Consequently as the written and the carriage is moved step-by step tothe left, the restoring spring 69 will a ain serve to move the sleeve 59leftward a ong its supporting rod 57, and at the same time the tooth 68which has been turned slightly forward will cooperate with the fixedopening between the teeth '52 forward of the ,last previous opening. Therotary movement thus communicated to the. sleeve will serve .to bringone of the stops 65 into the path of the stop arm 27 so that as thewriting of the second line 18 continued the stop arm I 27 will slidedown over the beveled fac"e 67 of the stop 65 and when releasedtherefrom will cause the bell to be rung, thereby indicating that thestops are roperly ositioned for coaction for the thirr line. he secondline having been completed the platen is again line spaced and thecarriage is restored to the right. This time the stop arm 27 willcooperate with the downwardly projecting stop 65 to arrest the carriagein po.- sition to space distances to the right ofthe beginning 0 thesecond line. As the third line is written, a third rotary movement ofthe sleeve 59. is completed in the same manner as the two' precedingmovements. Said sleeve will now have been turned in'all through 180.Consequently when the carriage 18 next restored to the right the-stoparm 27 will cooperate with the flan e 60 at the part 0(pposite to thatwith whic it first cooperate 60 1s Ordinarily the address on an'envelopWlll consist of threelines, and I have designed the present attachmentfor an address of that character. The address on the first envelop beingcompleted, said envelo may be removed from the machine, an a second onemay be entered therein and addressed in the same manner as the first.The operation will be exactly the same, except that the sto s 62 and 65thatbefore were inoperative wil be automaticallyfed to'o erativeosition. When the second enve op has een addressed, the sleeve 59wilthave made one com lete rotation, and will be ready for a thirenvelop. It will be obviousthat'this second line of the address is beginthe third line seven letter This opposite part of the flange that shownabove the rod 57 in Fig.

o eration may be repeated indefinitely, thes eeve .59 turning always inthe same direction and assuming a recurrent series of positions. If itis desired, however, to Write a fourth line on any envelop, as, forexample, the county in which the addressee resides or the person inwhose care the letter is to be delivered, this additional direction maybe written in the lower left-hand corner by operating the margin releasekey which is not shown in the drawings, but which is of suit ableconstruction and, as shown, may be connected with the stop bar 34 byalink pivoted at 71 to an arm 72 fixed to and projecting rearwardly fromsaid stop bar near its right-hand end. The operation of the marginrelease key effects a tilting of the margin stop bar 34 on its piv'otsand swings my improved stop device upward out of the .path of thecarriage stop arm 27, sothat the carriage may be moved rightward pastthe various stopping portions of the sleeve 59,

whereupon pressure is removed from the margin release key. The stop bar34 will thereupon be restored to normal position by its sprlng 38 andthe 'c.arriage-stop arm 27 will cooperatewithf'the margin stop 33 toarrest t e carriage. Said margin stop 33 should, of course, be adjustedto bring the additional or fourth line to the proper place at the lowerleft-hand corner of the envelop.

In writing the fourth line the stop arm 27 'will successively enga e andride over the right-hand l'ug IO-and. flange 60, but will not affect theposition of the sleeve 59, so that after the com letion of the fourthline a new envelop may lie entered and written just as thou h the lastpreceding envelop had had an a dress of three lines only In writing theaddress on the second envelop written, the stoparm 27 will cooperate toarrest the carriage successively with the flange 60, the second one ofthe air of stops 62 and with the second one of the pair of stops 65.Consequently the beginning of the first, second and third lines of theaddress will be spaced seven letterspaces apart as was the case with thefirst envelop. It will be understood that when the third enveloisentered and written the sto arm 27 Will. cooperate successively with te flange 60, the same one of the pair of stops 62 with which itcooperated in the first instance and the same one of the pair of stops65 with which it cooperated in the first instance. It will be seen,therefore, that I provide two stops automatically cooperating to arrestthe carriage at a series of varying positions in its path of, travel,this series in the present instance corn rising three lines; and thatfurthermore t is series is-a recurrent one. While in the presentinstance I have shown said series as varying progressively, that is thesecond line beginnin a certain distance iron: the first line and t athird line begin ning an equal distance from the be the second line,still said series nee not vary progressively and I have shown and willpresently describe one means torbrmging about such a result. It willfurther be note that I provide a stop having a plurality of contact orengaging surfaces arranged tocooperate with another stop to arrest thecarriage at different points in its travel in such" a way that contactsurfaces intermediate the cooperating stop and the particular contactsurface with which it is to cooperate may beand that the construction,illustrated" and be arrange'd to cooperate with't 1e stop ion thecarriage afterone or'more rotary move.

- three of such sections drawing and numbered 80, 81 and 82, the ends-ofthe middle section being formed with.

-' explained may be readily adapted to diiien out forms of such tabularwork. InFig. 9,

for example, I have illustrated a stop-sleeve or barrel 73 provided witha set'of six-stops or lugs 74, 75, 7c, 77,78 'and 79, said stopsfollowing one another in successive orderv both vrotatively andlongitudinally of the sleeve"7 3 instead of being arranged in airs aswas the case with the stops on the s eeve .59. It will, of course, beunderstoodthat the stops need not be arranged in this regularsuccession, but that they may be arranged in any manner suitable to thework to be done.

trated in Fig. 9 is similar in construction to the stop deviceillustrated in the preceding figlu-r'es and the operation :of it issimilar T e stop device of. Fi 9, however, is adapted to cooperate withhe stop arm 27 on the carriage to arrest the latter ina re currentseries of positions, said series in this instance com ris ng six lines.

In Fi 10 have illustrated astop-sleeve or barre comprising a lurality ofsections, eing shown in the dovetail teeth 83 which are adapted tovoooperate withdovetail slots 84 in the adjacent ends of the end sections80 and82.

:lhis constructionlprovides means for varying the relative positions ofthe sections ci'rcum'ierentially; so that the sto, s85 may ments havebeen communicated [to the sleeve by the 006 eration, of the teeth 61 and68. with the Except for the change in arrange-:' ment of the stop lugs,the stop device illus.-'

ed teeth on the sleeve. support. By. employing the construction suchconstruction, it will be understood that .the stops onthe stosleeve'inay be arranged to cooperate with t 1e carriage stop to arrestthe'latter at a recurrent series ol' positions,

which positions-are not progressive lon gitudinal of the platen.

Various other changes may be etl'ecte'd without departing from-thespirit and scope of m invention,

W at I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, arotary platen thereon, changeable stop devices independent of the platenand cooperative to arrestsaid carriage, and means operatingautomatically to change said stop devices to cause thearrest of thecarriage at different points in its travel. I

- 2. In a typewriting machine, the combination of atrave'ling carriage,a plurality of stop devices cooperative to arrest said carriage at aplurality of different positions, and

means operating automatically tothrow one of said stop devicesout ofaction and an: other'oneinto operative position sothat on a inning ofillustrated'in 10, or the equivalent of sucoeeding movement of .thecarriage the carriage will be arrested at a different point in itstravel.

i 3. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage,a plurality of stops, and a cooperative stop, the plurality of stopsbeing movable by the cooperative stop to different positions to arrestthe car riage at different points indifferent lines of writing.

4. Ina typewriting machine, the combination of a rotary platen; atraveling carriage;

a stop thereon independent of the platen;-

and a stop on the frame of the machine having a plurality of engagingsurfaces, one-of said stops being movable by the other. stop todifferentpositions to cause said two stops to co-act directly to arrestthe carriage at dlf ferent pointsin its travel.

5. In a typewriting machine, the combina: tion of a rotary platen; atraveling carriage; a stop thereon independent of the platen; and a stopon the frame of the machine, one of said stops being provided with aplurality of contacting surfaces and. means coopera tive with the otherstop to position the first stop to bring different contacting surfacesto operative position. 6. In a typewritingmachirie,the combine; tion ofa rotary platen; a traveling; carriage;

a stop thereon independent of the platen ='a cooperative stop on theframe of the machine one of said' stops having a plurality of engagingsurfaces; and means co-ao't'ing with one ot'said stops to move it todifierent positions, said co-action being caused by the other stop.

7. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, agroup or col lection of stops, part thereof being on the frame of themachine and part on the carriage, one of said stops being movable in onedirection by another moving stop of said group, and means co-actin withsaid movable stop to move it simu taneously in another direction. I

8. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; agroup of stops part on the carriage and part on the frame of themachine, one of said sto s being capable of rotary movement and a so ofa movement of translation, another of said group of stops cooperatingwith the movable stop to give it one 'of said movements; and meansco-acting with the movable stop to give it the other of said movements.

9. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; astop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stopsbeing capable of rotary move: ment and also of a movement oftranslation, the other stop cooperating with the movable stop to give itone of said movements and means co-acting with the movable stop to giveit the other of said movements, said movable stopbeing provided with apluralityl of contacting surfaces, different ones of w ich are brought,by the double movement of said movable stop, to position to subsequentlycooperate with the other stop to ar rest the carriage.

10. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, aset of stops, a co" rative stop, and means brought into play ythemovement of the carriage for causing a change in relation between thestops of the set and thefcooperative stop,

whereby the latter is caused to engage at different timeswith theseveralsto s of the set and thusarrest the carriage at ifi'erent positions indifierent linesof writing.

' platen; a stop 11. In a typewriting machine, the combination of. arotary platen; a traveling carriage; a stop thereon independent of theon the frame of the machine; and automatic means fol-causing a change ofrelationship between said stops to cause the arrest of the carriage, atdifferent points in its travel.

'12. In atypewriting machine, the combination of arotary platen; acarriage; a stop thereon independent of the platen; a stop on the frameof the machine; and means automatically operating to cause a change inrelationship of said stops to cause the arrest of the carriage at arecurrent series of varying positions.

' matically operating to cause a change in re lationship of said stopsto arrest the carriage at a recurrent series of progressively varyingpoints in its travel.

14. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; a stopthereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops beingprovided with aplurality of contact surfaces; and means automaticallyoperating .to cause the contact surfaces of the last mentioned stop tocome into and go out of operative position and to cooperate in recurrentorder with the other stop.

15. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; astop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine having a plurality ofstop faces; and automatic means for causin said stop faces to changerelatively to t 0 stop on the carriage to arrest the carriage atprogressively varying points in its travel.

16. In a typewriting machine, the combi nation of a traveling carriage;a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stopsbein provided with a plurality of contacting sur aces and beingrotatable to bring different ones of said contacting surfaces. intooperative position and being also capable of a movement of translation,said movement of translation being caused by co-action with the otherstop; and automatic means for causing said rotary movement of saidrotary stop.

bination of a traveling carriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame ofthe machine, one of said stops being provided with a plurality ofcontacting surfaces and being rotatable to bring different ones of saidcontactin surfaces into operative position and being also capable of amovement of translation, said movement of translation being caused by 00action with the other stop; and means for causing saidrotary movement ofsaid movable stop, play automatically during the translatory movement ofsaid stop. 018. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a travelingcarriage; a stop thereon; a stop on the frame of the machine, one ofsaid stops being reciprocatory and provided with a plurality ofcontacting surfaces; and means for automatically rotating saidreciprocatory stop as it is reciprocated in order to bring thecontacting "surfaces to operative position in turn.

19. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling. carriage;a stop thereon having a plurality of contact surfaces; a stop on theframe of the machine, one of said stops being movable bodily in onedirection by the other stop: means for 'noving said stop bodily inthe'opposite direction; and means for causing a rotary movement of saidmovable said means being brought into stop as it is reciprocated andthereby bring ing different contact-surfaces of said stop into positionto co-operate with the other stop. 20. In a typewriting machine, thecombixnation of a carriage, a set of stops, a cooperative stop, the setof stops being arranged to arrest the carriage at differentpredetermined points in lines of travel, and means for changing thestops Comprised in said setrelatively to the cooperative stop, the saidset ofstops being constructed and arranged to enable the "cooperativestop to skip or pass the intermediate stop or stops of the said set onthe return movement of the carriage.

21. Ina typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; a stopmember thereon; a stop member on the frame of the machine, one of saidstopmembers comprising a plurality of contact surfaces arranged atdifierent points longitudinally ofrthe carriage; and means actingautomatically to change the relationship of said stop members to causethe cooperation of a predetermined contact surface on one stop memberwith the other stop member, intermediate contact surfaces being skippedor'passed.

22. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage; astop thereon;

a stop on the frame of the machine, one of said stops comprising arotary and reciprocatoryr sleeve provided with a plurality of con- 1tact surfaces arranged at different points longitudinally andcircumferentially of said sleeve, the other stop being brought intocooperation with said sleeve to move it in one direction during themovement of the carriage; a spring constantly tending to move saidsleeve in the opposite'direction; and

1 cams cooperating with said. sleeve to give it rotary 'movement; duringits reciproc'atory moveme'nt. I

23. In a typewriting-machine, thecombi nation of a traveling carriage; astop thereon;

a sleeve mounted on the frame of the ma:

chine; a spring pressing it in one direction, said sleeve. beingprovided with aplurality of contact surfaces, said carriage stop coop.crating with said'sleeve to move it against the force exerted by saidspring; a cam coacting with said sleeve to give it rotary movementas itis moved by said carriage stop;

and a second ,cam cooperative with said on said carriage a reciprocatorysleeve movable fr'om normal position by said stop as said carriage isreturned in the opposite direction; a spring adapted to restore saidsleeve to normal position, said sleeve being provided with a pluralityefcontact surfaces circumferentially and longitudinally arranged; andcams, cooperating withsaid sleeve as it is reciprocated to give itprogressive rotary movements.

25. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; means forfeeding said carriage step-by-step in one direction; a stop on saidcarriage; a stop bar on the frame of the machine; a stop member adustable on said stop bar, 'said stop member comprising a reciprocatorysleeve provided with a plurality of contact surfaces arrangedcircumferentially and longitudinally of said sleeve; a spring constantlytending to press said sleeve in the direction of the step-by-stepmovement of the carriage, said carriage stop being cooperative with saidsleeve to move it inthe opposite direction; a cam on said stop membercooperative with said sleeve to give it rotary movement as it is movedby said carriage stop; and a second cam cooperative with said sleeve togive it rotary movement as it is restored to normal position by saidspring.

26. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage; means forfeeding said carriage step-by--step in one direction; a stop onsaidcarriage; a stop bar on the frameof the machine; and a marginstopattachment adjustable on said bar and cooperative with saidcarriage'stop, said attachment comprising a yoke or'bracket, a pivot rodsecured in said bracket, circularly arranged sets of teeth fixed atopposite ends of said rod, a sleeve rotatable on said rod, said sleevebeing provided with radially disposed contact lugs arran edprogressivelycircumferentia'lly of. said 5 eeve and said sleeve being further rovidedat its ends with teeth adapts to cooperate with the teeth fixed on thebracket, and a spring coiled on said rod and o crating to press saidsleeve constantly in tie direction of the stepbystep feeding movement ofsaid carriage. c

27. In a typewriting machine, the combi-- nation with a to-and-fromoving carriage and a rotary platen thereon, of stop devices independentof thefplaten for arresting said carriage in different positions indifferent lines,

and means controlled by said carriage and 'operating' automatically forchanging said stop devices so as to variably arrest the carriage fordifferent lines.

.28. Ina typewriting machine, the combination with a to-and-fro movingcarriage and a rotaryplaten thereon, of stop devices independent oftheplaten for arresting said carriage; and means operative upon eachto-and-fro excursion of said carriage for automatically settingsaid'stop devices to arrest said carriage at a series otdilferentautomatically recurring points. i

29. In a t pewriting machine, the combination wit a carriage, of aplurality of margin stops automatically changeable to automatica lyarrest the carriage at. different places in different lines.

30. In a typewriting machine, the combination with a carriage, of aplurality of margin stops, and means operating automatically during thetravel of the carriage to change the relationship of said stops so as toprovide {for arresting the carriage on its return movement at differentplaces. in different lines.

. 31. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, aplurality of margin stops connected together, a cooperative stop, andmeans for bringing the margin stops one at a time into workingrelationship with the cooperative stop.

32. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a pluralityof margin stops, means for cooperating therewith to arrest the carriageat different marginal oints, and means operating automatically orchanging the relationship between said margin stops and their,cooperative means whereby the margin stops are brought into operativeposition one after another.

In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, cooperative marin stop devices, and means for automatica ly changing the relationshipof said devices to arrest the carriage at different points in dif-.

ferent lines.

34. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, cooperativemargin stop devices, and automatically operating means for changing thearresting position of one of said cooperative margin stop devices toarrest the carriage at different points in different lines, saidautomatic means being controlled wholly by the movements of .thecarriage.

35. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a carriage, a set ofmargin sto devices placed to arrest the carriage at di ferent lmearmsitions, cooperative means therefor, and means operating automaticallyto bring said margin stop devices one at a time into cooperation withsaid cooperative means.

36. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, aplurality of stops, a cooperative stop, the plurality of stops stopto'diflercnt positions to arrest the car riage at different points indifferent lines of writing, and means for adjusting said plurality ofstops in the direction of the travel of the carriage, to vary the oi'ntsin the line of writing at which they w1ll co-act with said cooperativestop.

m 37. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage,a stop thereon, and a stop on the frame of the machine having aplurality of engaging surfaces, one of said stops being movable by theother stop to different positions to cause said two ,sto s to co-act toarrest the carriage at di erent points in its travel, and the stop onthe frame being adjustable in the direction of the travel of thecarriage to vary thepoints at which said engaging surfaces will co-actwith the stop on the carriage.

38. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, astop bar, a device comprising a plurality of stops which device isadjustably mounted upon said stop bar, and a stop cooperative with saidplurality of stops, the plurality of stops being movable by thecooperative stop to different positions to arrest the carriage atdifferent points in different lines of writing.

39. In a typewriting machine, the combination of a traveling carriage, astop bar, an attachment adjustable on said stop bar and comprising arotary member provided with a plurality of contact surfaces, stopcooperative with said plurality of contact surfaces to move them todifferent positions to arrest the-carriage at difierent points.

Signed at Syracuse, in the county of Onondaga, and State of New York,this 6th day of March A. D. 1906.

HERBERT H. STEELE.

Witnesses: w

JOHN S. MITQHELL, W. J. LOGAN.

and a,

being movable by the cooperative

